Risk Analyst

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Asset Management is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

Are you passionate about data, analytics, and investment risk? Join our Data Operations Analytics team at Legal & General Asset Management, where we’re building a central analytics hub to support the firm’s strategic goals. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of data, technology, and investment insight—helping to shape the future of risk analytics across the business. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and gain exposure to cutting-edge tools and methodologies in a dynamic, supportive environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with investment teams and stakeholders to deliver high-quality risk analytics
• Reviewing and enhancing risk data sets in partnership with the Data Management Office
• Analysing client and portfolio-level performance and risk data
• Working with business users, vendors, and internal IT and Data Teams to evolve the risk analytics product and production framework
• Supporting the evolution of risk analytics tools and production frameworks
• Analysing and testing market risk analytics/reports for the universe of funds.
• Assisting in the implementation of a new risk platform
• Supporting vendor management processes and cross-functional initiatives

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience in an analytical, quantitative, or investment risk role
• Strong understanding of risk concepts such as, value at risk, volatility, and scenario analysis
• Working knowledge in SQL, Python and APIs
• Experience of working with 3rd party risk engines is advantageous (Axioma Risk, Bloomberg Port or other)
• Familiarity with State Street products is a plus
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong communication skills and stakeholder engagement experience
• A collaborative mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes
• Ability to understand and challenge existing methodologies

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.